I know that there are more articles and blogs about this subject, but I wanted to give my own opinion. I absolutely love Fallout 3 and New Vegas and every Bethesda game in that matter. Although they do so many things right, their is a lot that can be better. In this blog I will compare Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, and also some things about Skyrim. So here is my wishlist:

1. Hardcore mode, but better

One of the most fun things about New Vegas was replaying it in hardcore mode. Constantly worrying about dehydration, starvation, radiation and your sleep was cool, but I felt very limited. In Skyrim there is this awesome mod that's called: Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival. It makes you worry about the weather, like rain and snow. If you get too cold or too wet you need to make a camp and sleep till the weather turns better. You need to stop by campfires to warm up and clothing increases your resistance. I know that snow and cold are not in Fallout 3 and New Vegas (unless you mod it of course) but they should do something with heat. Water and cold caves should cool you down. Armour and clothing need to have an effect, so you will put on special travelling clothes while you are wandering the wastes. At the opposite, Power Armour should have negative effects, because I can't imagine how hot it will be while wearing that thing with the sun shining all over. They should also apply animations for cooking, drinking and eating, to further immerse you in the atmosphere of survival.

2. More impact on the world and it's people

So this is where it get's interesting. You have so many choices to make, good and evil, but beside Megaton and Three Dog I didn't had the feeling that I made an impact on the world. I mean, I just made free water possible for the whole Capital Wasteland, and the only thing I get are some nice words from The Brotherhood Of Steel and that's it! I didn't even get a sweet house or some awesome weapon. But the biggest problem I had with the Pitt. I choose the good side and freed the slaves, but every time I come back, they are still working and still look sick. That's a shame. With New Vegas I choose the side of the NCR, but I didn't got a rank in the army or something, only in the ending it was shown that I got the Golden Branch, the highest civilian decoration given. Come on, I just fought of the whole damn Legion almost on my own and that's what I get? Next time give me a glimpse into the future or something, where I'm honored in the history books. Or with an evil character, show me something of scared people, speaking in fear about the mysterious Wanderer, who kills and destroys everything in it's path.

3. Make it scarier

Oh, the Dunwich Building, you scary asshole. I want more! More of these secrets, more dark holotapes, and just a darker atmosphere in general. I love Point Lookout, the swamps and the supernatural things that go around. I wouldn't mind a whole game in the same style. Another thing in Point Lookout is the myth of the witch, who would kill people with voodoo. There are several signs of this, like hanged dolls and stuff, but you would never see the witch herself. They should make unmarked scary quests of this kind, like if you do a couple of actions, the next time you will sleep the witch will appear or something. And well, since Bethesda Softworks have announced The Evil Within, the studio that's making Fallout 4 could go for some tips

4. The faction system of New Vegas, but not in the main story

I like the faction system from NV, but I don't like that you are almost forced to replay it with another faction. The missions are almost the same with every faction, only the quest giver is different. In Skyrim the factions where more like big side quests/stories, and I would like this in Fallout 4. It would be cool if there was some kind of mercenary faction, an assassin faction and a beast/mutant hunting faction.

5. The followers from New Vegas

With this I do not mean the exact same followers of course, but I mean that the followers in Fallout 4 should have the same kind of stories with the followers. Which NCR sided player didn't love to find out the story of Boone? And I think people didn't mind to find a new brain for our favorite dog Rex. I felt a real connection with my followers. When I hit the level cap, I knew that it was time to finish of Caesar. So I put on my NCR Ranger Armor and gave a set to Boone, and with Rex on my side, I crossed the river to the fortress of Caesar and teared them up. It gave me an awesome feeling, not for doing that, but for having Boone and Rex on my side. I want that back.

6. Races effecting your skills

It really doesn't matter which race you choose in Fallout 3 and NV, it didn't had an effect on skills at all. You should be able to pick from every country, with each having it's on effects.

7. Cooler looking characters

Races should of course also have different looks. The characters that you can make all look stupid, and the hair! The hair is just bad. When I'm wandering the wastes I want to have a good look on my badass looking character. Another small point is that the beginning armour sets should be less silly. I'm not talking about the Vault Jumpsuits, but for an example about the Raider armour. Some may disagree with this, saying that it's part of the charm of the series, but I don't like it.

8. Some kind of transportation

This is an interesting point. In TES you have horses, and that is understandable. But what about transportation after the Apocalypse? You see cars laying around, but they are all broken and I don't think that there is fuel in the Wasteland. Also, they wouldn't fit in the roads you have to travel. Maybe mutated animals or something? Horses like in Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, or motorcycles maybe (if they can explain the fuel being there). Just walking is fun too, but at least something has to be in the game, even more than in the past games, because the world will probably be even bigger.

9. Immersion in your character

If I want to be a junkie, doing everything for a sample Psycho or Jet, I want the law coming after me. If I'm a treasure hunting scavenger, I want to see cool animations for me searching through piles of junk. When I'm a evil scientist, I want to see how I brew poisons. This little things could make the game so much better. In Skyrim, I transformed my game with mods and now I just like to sit down and eat, because I have animations for that. This, the role-playing, is what makes Bethesda games so cool. But these things will make it even cooler. I know the hardcore fans will agree with me.

10. Ending (all of it)

This is a big point. With Fallout 3 I never had the feeling that I actually could settle down, and enjoy the rest of my life. I had enough caps, I had a whole spaceship, I had a house in Megaton, but still. There is this amazing mod called: RTS - Real Time Settler. It's a mod that adds so many hours of gameplay. What it does? It let's you create your very own settlement. It will be populated by people, you can give it your own architecture and it does the thing that I want: it gives you the feeling that you can settle down after all your adventures. This, or something in it's style, should be in Fallout 4.

Another thing about the ending is the New Vegas ending: it show's how your actions have affected the world. But it still didn't feel like a real end, but Lonesome Road did. The ending together with Ulysses, courier to courier felt good. Fallout 4 should have a real ending, but on that you can continue after! Because players want to do side quests and more exploring after the main story ends, like in every other RPG.

Some small points:

-More vegatation, even if it is a wasteland

-Bethesda taking advice from modders (like from the RTS modder)

-Different camo’s for your weapons and clothing

-Marriable NPC’s

-Better animations

-A perk each level (the Fallout 3 way)

-Epic battles between groups

-Beginning as a baby again

Conclusion:

This blog shows that I want more survival and role-playing aspects from the game. I think that point 1, 9 and 10 are the most important to have, since it greatly increases the fun of the game.

This is my first blog ever. I apologize if there are some English language mistakes, but I'm from the Netherlands and pretty young too (twelve to be precise). Thank you a lot for reading, I hope you enjoyed and agree with me. If you want to share your own opinion, please do it in the comments.